They are well aware of the wizard world and have visited Diagon Alley with her. Rowling adds that Hermione's parents, two Muggle dentists, are a bit bemused by their odd daughter but 'quite proud of her all the same'.

She is an overachiever who excels academically and is described by Rowling as a 'very logical, upright and good' character. Rowling states that she was born on 19 September 1979 and she was nearly twelve when she first attended Hogwarts. Hermione is a Muggle-born Gryffindor, who becomes best friends with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. The version of Hermione portrayed by Emma Watson in all eight Harry Potter films from Philosopher's Stone in 2001 to Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in 2011 was voted the best female character of all time in a poll conducted amongst Hollywood professionals by The Hollywood Reporter in 2016. The character has had immense popularity. Rowling has stated that Hermione resembles herself as a young girl, with her insecurity and fear of failure. After Harry and Ron save her from a mountain troll in the girls' restroom, she becomes best friends with them and often uses her quick wit, deft recall, and encyclopaedic knowledge to lend aid in dire situations. She first appears in the novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997), on the Hogwarts express as a first year student on her way to Hogwarts. Hermione Jean Granger ( / h ɜːr ˈ m aɪ ə n i ˈ ɡ r eɪ n dʒ ər/ hur- MY-ə-nee GRAYN-jər) is a fictional character in J.

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